Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 176
hownmost skill. The colossi of the gateways have already given us an oppor-tunity for showing how art enlisted the powerful limbs and naturalmajesty of the bull in its service. Elsewhere the bovine raceoccupies a less important part in Assyrian sculpture than in that 1 This relief is figured in… … On the Representations of Animals. 149 of Egypt, in whose tombs scenes of agricultural art are of suchconstant occurrence. We find, liowever, the wild bull, whichthe kings of Calah hunted in the neighbouring desert (Fig. 15),and the draught ox, which, after a lucky raid, the terrors of Asiadrive…
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